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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1898
Page
3
Church services and activities listed for several houses of worship including First and Second Church, Methodist Church, and local Sunday schools. Upcoming sermons, Sunday school times, meetings, and special events are noted along with social notices, marriages, and local announcements about Easter preparations and community sales.
At the Cranbury First National Bank monthly meeting Geo A Helme, President of Railroad Snuff Mills Helmetta NJ, was named director. Ber gen Rue sell wheels to buyers nationwide including Ohio and Philadelphia. Spring opening at Snow's Millinery urged. Lodge resolutions on Bro Ivans death printed in Cranbury Pross. Removals list shows multiple families moving within town limits.
James Everett, aged 84, of Lawrence Station area, fell ill Sunday and died early Tuesday. He leaves a son, I. B. Everett of Cranbury, with funeral at his late home Saturday. CORNELIA RIGGS, wife of William Riggs, died Monday at 76 from apoplexy. funeral yesterday and Cedar Hill Cemetery interment. Norman Scudder Appelget, eldest son of Adrian and Ella Appelget, died in Nangateck Conn on March 26. widow and two children left. Mary Perrine, deaf mute, died at niece’s home. funeral Tuesday. Spring goods advertised. Peddie Institute closed for spring vacation. rail bridge work began on Main Street. local socials and school changes noted.
The sixty second session of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Church opened in Camden with Bishop C C McCabe presiding. A large attendance heard talks on war education and a proposed ten million dollar university project among many items. Resolutions praised President McKinley and called for Cuban relief efforts, with committees organized to aid school children and Cuba.
The Philadelphia Sunday Press offers a free large colored picture of the Cruiser Philadelphia with next Sunday's issue April 3. The collectible print, bigger than the prior Battleship Muine picture, aims to stir patriotism and is limited in supply.
A dense Cranbury page lists Winchester wheels and Davison’s Sure Cure for croup, King’s New Discovery cures for coughs and consumption, drugs by N. F. Clayton, and multiple sales pitches. It also notes Miss Davison, Mrs. Snow, and Bergen & Rue’s shop, plus local births, marriages, lodge notices, and Easter fashion planning with silk trims and hats.
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